Washington's 3rd legislative district
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Washington's 3rd legislative district is one of forty-nine districts in Washington state for representation in the state legislature. The district comprises most of inner Spokane. All but one of its 84 precincts are within the Spokane city limits (precinct 3000, with 8 voters, is just outside them).[1]
The district's legislators are state senator Marcus Riccelli and state representatives Natasha Hill (position 1) and Timm Ormsby (position 2), all Democrats.[2]
Past legislators
Statehood-1932
During this period, the state senate and state house districts were geographically distinct.[3]
| Year | Senate | House | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senator | Senate District Geography | House Position 1 | House Position 2 | House District Geography | |
| 1st (1889-1890) | H. W. Fairweather (R) | Lincoln County | |||
| 2nd (1891-1892) | B. C. Van Houten (R) | Spokane County (part) | House District Established | Spokane County (part) | |
| E. L. Powell (R) | A. V. Ragsdale (R) | ||||
| 3rd (1893-1894) | G. W. Temple (R) | O. B. Nelson (R) | |||
| 4th (1895-1896) | J. E. Foster (R) | ||||
| 5th (1897-1898) | W. H. Plummer (Pop.)[a] | James M. Geraghty (Pop.) | Charles H. Wolf (Silver Rep.) | ||
| 6th (1899-1900) | W. H. Plummer (D)[a] | Wallace Mount (R) | Joseph Scott (R) | ||
| 7th (1901-1902) | Warren W. Tolman (D) | C. G. Brown (R) | H. D. Merritt (D) | ||
| 8th (1903-1904) | W. A. Stark (R) | Walker A. Henry (R) | |||
| 9th (1905-1906) | C. G. Brown (R) | W. D. Scott (R) | D. P. Bowers (R) | ||
| 10th (1907-1908) | J. B. Gilbert (R) | Richard A. Hutchinson (R) | |||
| 11th (1909-1910) | Jesse Huxtable (R) | George L. Denman (R) | Morton Cogswell (R) | ||
| 12th (1911-1912) | Dalbert E. Twitchell (R) | ||||
| 13th (1913-1914) | Harve H. Phipps (Prog.) | Thomas J. Corkery (Prog.) | J. B. Oakes (Prog.) | ||
| 14th (1915-1916) | Charles Timblin (R) | Albert A. Kelly (R) | |||
| 15th (1917-1918) | Harve H. Phipps (R) | Albert A. Kelly (R) | David Porter Reid (R) | ||
| 16th (1919-1920) | J. B. Gilbert (R) | Albert A. Kelly (R) | |||
| 17th (1921-1922) | Linneus Lincoln Westfall (R)[b] | S. A. Mann (R) | |||
| 18th (1923-1924) | Alvin H. Collin (R) | Daniel Morgan (R) | |||
| 19th (1925-1926) | Marcus R. Morton (R) | ||||
| 20th (1927-1928) | M. G. Martindale (R) | Alvin H. Collin (R) | |||
| D. B. Heil (R)[c] | |||||
| 21st (1929-1930) | Arthur L. True (R) | Albert A. Kelly, Jr (R) | J. B. Gilbert (R) | ||
| 22nd (1931-1932) | M. G. Martindale (R) | Amos Hill (R) | |||
1933-Present
After the passage of Initiative 57 and the 1930 redistricting cycle, the state senate and state house districts were geographically similar. While some senate districts would occasionally be broken up into house seats A and B, seats A and B were always contained in the Senate district boundaries.
The 3rd Legislative district's state senate and house seats are identical geographically from 1933 to the present day.[3]
| Year | Senate | House | District Geography | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senator | House Position 1 | House Position 2 | ||
| 23rd (1933-1934) | Don Cary Smith (D)[d] | P. C. Shine (D) | Robert F. Waldron (D)[e] | Spokane County (part) |
| 24th (1935-1936) | William R. Orndorff (D) | Paul J. Huetter (D) | ||
| 25th (1937-1938) | ||||
| 26th (1939-1940) | Joseph E. Hurley (D) | Agnes Kehoe (D) | ||
| 27th (1941-1942) | ||||
| 28th (1943-1944) | Agnes Kehoe (D) | T. J. Meenach (R) | ||
| 29th (1945-1946) | Robert F. Waldron (D) | |||
| 30th (1947-1948) | Emmett S. Hennessey (R) | Walter J. Peters (R) | ||
| 31st (1949-1950) | James E. Keefe (D)[f] | W. O. Allen (D) | Bernard J. Gallagher (D) | |
| 32nd (1951-1952) | Bernard J. Gallagher (D) | Joseph E. Hurley (D) | ||
| 33rd (1953-1954) | Margaret Hurley (D) | |||
| 34th (1955-1956) | ||||
| 35th (1957-1958) | ||||
| 36th (1959-1960) | ||||
| 37th (1961-1962) | Margaret Hurley (D)[g] | William J. S. May (D) | ||
| 38th (1963-1964) | ||||
| 39th (1965-1966) | ||||
| 40th (1967-1968) | 1965 Redistricting | |||
| Spokane County (part) | ||||
| 41st (1969-1970) | ||||
| 42nd (1971-1972) | ||||
| 43rd (1973-1974) | 1972 Redistricting | |||
| Spokane County (part) | ||||
| 44th (1975-1976) | ||||
| 45th (1977-1978) | ||||
| 46th (1979-1980) | ||||
| Katherine Reid (D)[h] | ||||
| Margaret Hurley (D)[g] | Lois Stratton (D) | |||
| 47th (1981-1982) | Margaret Leonard (R) | |||
| 48th (1983-1984) | Dennis Dellwo (D)[i] | |||
| 49th (1985-1986) | Lois Stratton (D) | Bill Day, Jr. (D) | ||
| 50th (1987-1988) | ||||
| 51st (1989-1990) | ||||
| 52nd (1991-1992) | ||||
| 53rd (1993-1994) | John A. Moyer (R) | Lisa Brown (D) | ||
| 54th (1995-1996) | ||||
| Lonnie Sparks (D)[j] | ||||
| 55th (1997-1998) | Lisa Brown (D) | Alex Wood (D) | Jeff Gombosky (D)[k] | |
| 56th (1999-2000) | ||||
| 57th (2001-2002) | ||||
| 58th (2003-2004) | ||||
| Timm Ormsby (D)[l] | ||||
| 59th (2005-2006) | ||||
| 60th (2007-2008) | ||||
| 61st (2009-2010) | ||||
| 62nd (2011-2012) | Andy Billig (D) | |||
| 63rd (2013-2014) | Andy Billig (D) | Marcus Riccelli (D) | ||
| 64th (2015-2016) | ||||
| 65th (2017-2018) | ||||
| 66th (2019-2020) | ||||
| 67th (2021-2022) | ||||
| 68th (2023-2024) | ||||
| 69th (2025-2026) | Marcus Riccelli (D) | Natasha Hill (D) | ||
Key
See also
Notes
- Changed party affiliation from Populist to Democratic in 1899
- Deceased Jan.31, 1927
- Served last 20 days of ’27 Session
- Redistricted out of district
- Elected Speaker of the House for the 24th legislative session (1935-36)
- Deceased June 15, 1979
- Elected senator Nov. 6, 1979; Sworn in Nov. 28, 1979 to serve unexpired term
- Appointed Aug. 13, 1979
- Resigned July 1, 1996
- Appointed July 16, 1996 to serve unexpired term
- Resigned Aug. 10, 2003
- Elected Nov 2, 2010. Sworn in Dec 3, 2010 to serve unexpired term
